IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on:-24.09.2025 Pronounced on: October 15, 2025 Dinesh Kumar and others .....Petitioner VERSUS State of Haryana and others .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present : Mr. Jai Vir Yadav, Senior Advocate with Mr. Tapan Kumar Yadav, Mr. Gursimrat Sandhu and Mr. Aman Gautam, Advocates for the petitioners.

Mr. Piyush Khanna, Addl. AG, Haryana.

Mr. Jagbir Malik, Advocate for respondent No.4.

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HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (Oral)

1. The present writ petition has been filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India for the issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned orders dated 27.10.2023 (Annexure P-11), 29.12.2023 (Annexure P-15), and 06.01.2024 (Annexure P-16), whereby the Petitioners have been reverted from the post of Assistant Fire Station Officer/Sub Fire Officer to Leading Fireman. The petitioners further pray for the issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to allow the petitioners to continue to work on the promoted post of Assistant Fire Station Officer/Sub Fire Officer and to grant all consequential benefits.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

2.